Besides increasing the risk of cardiovascular disease, a high-fat diet also increases the risk of cancer, obesity, and diverticulitis, which is an inflammation of the colon due to pockets of stagnant digested matter.

Seattle's 39-year-old slugger arrived Tuesday morning before the series finale against the Texas Rangers saying he was still bothered by the flare-up of a colon condition called diverticulitis that was initially diagnosed in late 2006.